The jury was totally unanimous about this film. It is, perhaps, the first time that a filmmaker has made full use of new light and portable equipment to imagine a project that is truly innovative in its shooting conditions, and in its cinematographic language. With a minimal technical setup and a crew comprised only of himself, the director immerses himself with passion into the world he chose to film, like a fish in water. He succeeds in capturing the intertwining lives of more than a hundred characters, a feat reminiscent of the great Russian novels or the works of Emile Zola; he also manages to portray the realities and landscapes of China, the socio-economical changes following the decay of an industrial area, and their effects on individual lives. Without pathos, the film embodies the sadness of the industrial wastelands that have been created all over the world by globalization. Finally we witness the "growing-up" of the filmmaker, who evolves from one episode to another and who, in the eyes of the jury, is a young man full of promise for the future.